kernel: ALSA: virtio: Validate control metadata from the device

A flaw was found in the Linux kernel's ALSA virtio sound driver. A malicious or buggy virtio device can provide invalid control metadata, such as an unknown control type or an oversized value count. The driver's control handling trusts this unvalidated metadata, leading to out-of-bounds access wh...

kernel: ALSA: virtio: Validate control metadata from the device

A flaw was found in the Linux kernel's ALSA virtio sound driver. A malicious or buggy virtio device can provide invalid control metadata, such as an unknown control type or an oversized value count. The driver's control handling trusts this unvalidated metadata, leading to out-of-bounds access wh...

Linux kernel security vulnerabilities

A security vulnerability exists in the Linux kernel. It stems from the ALSA virtio driver failing to reset devices prior to deleting virtqueues; this may result in access to vring memory that has been freed, potentially leading to memory corruption or system crashes...

kernel: ALSA: virtio: Validate control metadata from the device

A flaw was found in the Linux kernel's ALSA virtio sound driver. A malicious or buggy virtio device can provide invalid control metadata, such as an unknown control type or an oversized value count. The driver's control handling trusts this unvalidated metadata, leading to out-of-bounds access wh...

kernel: ALSA: virtio: Validate control metadata from the device

A flaw was found in the Linux kernel's ALSA virtio sound driver. A malicious or buggy virtio device can provide invalid control metadata, such as an unknown control type or an oversized value count. The driver's control handling trusts this unvalidated metadata, leading to out-of-bounds access wh...

SUSE CVE-2026-64490

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: ALSA: virtio: Validate control metadata from the device virtio-snd control handling trusts the device-provided control type and value count returned by the device. That metadata is then used directly to index gv2atypemap in...

CVE-2026-64490

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: ALSA: virtio: Validate control metadata from the device virtio-snd control handling trusts the device-provided control type and value count returned by the device. That metadata is then used directly to index gv2atypemap in...

CVE-2026-64490 ALSA: virtio: Validate control metadata from the device

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: ALSA: virtio: Validate control metadata from the device virtio-snd control handling trusts the device-provided control type and value count returned by the device. That metadata is then used directly to index gv2atypemap in...

CVE-2026-64490

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: ALSA: virtio: Validate control metadata from the device virtio-snd control handling trusts the device-provided control type and value count returned by the device. That metadata is then used directly to index gv2atypemap in...

CVE-2026-64490

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: ALSA: virtio: Validate control metadata from the device virtio-snd control handling trusts the device-provided control type and value count returned by the device. That metadata is then used directly to index gv2atypemap in...

CVE-2026-64490

CVE-2026-64490 affects the Linux kernel ALSA virtio sound driver. The vulnerability arises when virtio-snd control metadata provided by a device (control type and value count) is trusted without validation, allowing out-of-bounds access in virtsnd_kctl_info(), virtsnd_kctl_get(), and virtsnd_kctl...

EUVD-2026-48834

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: ALSA: virtio: Validate control metadata from the device virtio-snd control handling trusts the device-provided control type and value count returned by the device. That metadata is then used directly to index gv2atypemap in...

PT-2026-64711

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Linux kernel affected versions not specified Description In the ALSA virtio-snd control handling, the system trusts the control type and value count provided by the device. This metadata is used directly to index g v2a type map in the virtsnd...

Linux Distros Unpatched Vulnerability : CVE-2026-64490

The Linux/Unix host has one or more packages installed that are impacted by a vulnerability without a vendor supplied patch available. - In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: ALSA: virtio: Validate control metadata from the device virtio-snd control handling trusts t...